Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

New American Standard Bible

He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

King James Version

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Holman Bible

He found him in a desolate land,
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.

International Standard Version

The LORD found him in a desert land, in a barren, eerie wilderness. He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye.

A Conservative Version

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness. He compassed him about. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

American Standard Version

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

Amplified


“He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the apple of His eye.

Bible in Basic English

He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

Darby Translation

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

Julia Smith Translation

He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.

King James 2000

He found him in a desert land, and in the wasteland of the howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He found him in a desert land, and in a howling, desert wasteland; he {encircled him}, he cared for him, he protected him like the {apple} of his eye.

Modern King James verseion

He found him in a desert land, and in the deserted, howling wilderness. He led him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the pupil of His eye.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"He found him in a desert land, in a void ground and a roaring wilderness. He led him about and gave him understanding, and kept him as the apple of his eye.

NET Bible

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

New Heart English Bible

He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

The Emphasized Bible

He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness, - He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.

Webster

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

World English Bible

He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

him in a desert
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and in the waste
תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

ילל 
Y@lel 
Usage: 1

ישׁימון 
Y@shiymown 
Usage: 13

סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

him as the apple
אישׁון 
'iyshown 
Usage: 5

Images Deuteronomy 32:10

Prayers for Deuteronomy 32:10

Context Readings

Moses' Song

9 For Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance. 10 He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

Cross References

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.

Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

Jeremiah 2:6

And have not said, Where is Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'

Hosea 13:5

I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

Deuteronomy 4:36

'From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.

Deuteronomy 8:15-16

who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

Nehemiah 9:19-21

and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness -- the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

Psalm 32:7-10

Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.

Psalm 107:4-5

They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found.

Psalm 147:19-20

Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

Song of Songs 8:5

Who is this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge that bare thee.

Romans 2:18

and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

Romans 3:2

much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;

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